Friday, September 19, 2025

Key Food painting gets scooped up — by a member of the Key Food family

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy

Price check complete! 

Local artist Steve Cosentino's oil painting of the Key Food on Avenue A and Fourth Street has already found a buyer — a Key Food administrator who saw our Aug. 30 post and immediately reached out to the artist. 

The painting will eventually hang uptown at the Met in the buyer's home (he's letting his wife pick the matting and frame).
We're a little bummed it won't be displayed at the store itself, so we could enjoy it while listening to, say,  Mike + the Mechanics and Richard Marx on the Key PA. 

But we're glad that it's staying in the Key family.
Cosentino said plenty of neighbors stopped by while he worked to say how much they love the Key. 

He also revealed that he will be painting a few more East Village cornerscapes in the future.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM

    All have to say that it was the best time for music back then!!! Every sound was so innovative. Now, the music on the radio sounds the same. Ugh😣

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    1. Scuba DivaSeptember 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM

      I'm partial to the 70s for music, but I guess it's down to when you grew up.

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  2. JKSeptember 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM

    ...midtown uniform?

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